Lately I've been seeing more and more people misspelling "gambeson" as "gamberson" and it's frankly starting to annoy me. Alternative spellings based on medieval ones like "gambeis" or "wambeis" are understandable, but why "gambeRson?" What kind of unprintable unprint started this foolishness?

I've heard people say 'gambeRson' in spoken conversation. It could be depending on where one is from. My wife was born and raised in Wisconsin, and sometimes I can -barely- understand a word she says. ....McM''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump

One of her best is the word 'known'....she ads an 'e' between the 'w' and the 'n'....'knowen'. She also says 'boughten', as in: "Gosh, dear, this pie is good. Is it home-made?"---''No, it's boughten from the store." ....McM''Life is like a box of chocolates...'' --- F. Gump

One of her best is the word 'known'....she ads an 'e' between the 'w' and the 'n'....'knowen'. She also says 'boughten', as in: "Gosh, dear, this pie is good. Is it home-made?"---''No, it's boughten from the store." ....McM

Jee you should read some of the medieval inventory counts, every single one of them has different spelling for their items, and its all phonetically spelt. It's pretty horrendous so I can see how many alternate versions of spelling could arise for such an old piece of garb
if you look at some old blacksmiths inventories, the word nail is spelt about 10 different ways: naille nayl naeyl naylle nael nayle

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